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2012.03.03MindLabyrinth on the Ubuntu Software Center

The good news of the Week-End! The validation process took 4 weeks. It's long for someone as impatient as me! But it was smooth and transparent so it's quite OK. The developer interface of the center is the simplest and cleanest we saw up to now.

The Ubuntu Software Center's share is also the most "honest" and transparent around the bloc: 20%.

Let's hope Ubuntu users will enjoy the game as much as we had fun creating it :)

If you did not tried the latest version with the improved gameplay and new levels, get the demo here!

2012.02.26DIE MIDS

During all these years, I developed a kind of hatred against intermediates. Administration, commercials, distributors, etc.

Each time you rely on an intermediate you lose time, energy, joy, and money.

Intermediates are enemies of independence.

You know it, creators are fighting to recover their due and their liberty (and they immediately misled themselves in new closed platforms but that's another fight).

Because organizing my move to Spain takes a lot of time and since creating my next game will requires even more time, I decided to dedicate my few free time slices to change the numeric distribution world a little.

I chose some recent thing I encountered and didn't like. I am currently fighting it with code and brain power. And I will soon propose an open, efficient, secure, lowcost and easy to use solution which will make an intermediate irrelevant to most programmers.

For now I name this creation "Deliver It Enthusiastic! My Indie Delivery System." (DIE MIDS)

I hope that many independent downloadable games developers will use it as well as others downloadable numeric goods creators. Anyway, the project in its "primary" form should be on GitHub within two or three weeks and you will do what you want with it :)

Program or be programmed like they said.

2012.02.15MindLabyrinth final version

The final version of MindLabyrinth is available! Huray!

We changed the no-headset gameplay to make it a fast and fun arcade-puzzle game.

We reworked 90% of the levels to make them more challenging and stressful :)

The levels of the demo has been modified too! Don't forget to test them!

The game is available in English and in french for Mac OSX, Windows and Linux!

For Ubuntu users, the game will soon be available on the Ubuntu store!

The demo is free and the complete version without DRM only cost 3.99€!

The complete version contain both modes: with and without headset.

An android/iPhone/iPod/iPad version may be created in the future depending on troops' motivation :)

Let's play!

//And now it's time to work on my move to Barcelona. Deadline 20 april. "incoming!"//

2012.02.05MindLabyrinth for wookies

We spent a few days creating a version of MindLabyrinth with an alternative gameplay which doesn't requires a MindWave(tm) headset.

We are not sure yet about this version's gameplay. A demonstration containing the first chapter can be downloaded for Mac, Linux and Windows.

Read more and download!

2012.02.01org2tumblr tool

Here's the tool I made and use to synchronize my blog (and website) from emacs.

Do not hesitate to fork and improve, there's a lot of features I would like to see implemented :)

https://github.com/labe-me/org2tumblr